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Issid Planthopper - Thionia elliptica
Copyright © 2012 Yurika Alexander

Issid Planthopper - Thionia elliptica
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
July 29, 2012
Size: 5mm?
Found on a grass under white oak tree.

[Edit] First image from New Jersey.
Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 29 July, 2012 - 4:13pm
Last updated 2 August, 2012 - 8:24pm

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… Graham Montgomery, 2 August, 2012 - 12:34pm

Thionia elliptica
I don't know why some individuals seem to have the head higher than the thorax, as if straining to look over their shoulders!
… Andy Hamilton, 2 August, 2012 - 12:26pm

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